Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development

'The book will be of interest to those in the Asia Pacific who research and practice in this area as European Union member countries have gone a long way in the implementation of sustainable development principles.' -- Andrew Edgar, Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 'Impact assessment of various types is now a widely used policy tool. This volume helpfully brings together conceptual discussions and case-studies to illustrate how impact assessment can be used to address issues of sustainability. It should be of considerable interest both to academic researchers and to practitioners concerned with the implementation of policies to support sustainable development.' -- John Weiss, University of Bradford, UK

Edited by Clive George, former Senior Research Fellow, Impact Assessment Research Centre, Institute for Development Policy and Management, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester and Colin Kirkpatrick, former Hallsworth Professor of Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) and Co-Director, Regulation Research Programme, Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC), University of Manchester, UK

Contents: Preface 1. Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development: An Introduction Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick PART I: EVALUATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTS AND METHODS 2. The Long and Winding Road of Sustainable Development Evaluation Peter Hardi 3. Evaluation for Sustainable Development: The Rio Model of Governance Martin Jnicke 4. Evaluation of Regional Network Governance: Capacity Building for Steering Sustainable Development Wolfgang Meyer and Sebastian Elbe 5. The Role of Evaluation in Regional Sustainable Development Joe Ravetz 6. Considering Environmental Aspects in Integrated Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead Klaus Jacob, Julia Hertin and Axel Volkery 7. The Contribution of Environmental Assessment to Sustainable Development: Toward a Richer Conceptual Understanding Matthew Cashmore 8. How Useful are Computable General Equilibrium Models for Sustainability Impact Assessment? Serban Scrieciu 9. Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (MATISSE): A New European Project Paul Weaver, Jan Rotmans, John Turnpenny, Alex Haxeltine and Andrew Jordan 10. The Selection of Suitable Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment Marjan van Herwijnen and Wouter de Ridder PART II: IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES 11. Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Environmental Policies in Europe Benjamin Grlach, Eduard Interwies, Jodi Newcombe and Helen Johns 12. Implementing a Monitoring System for the French National Strategy for Sustainable Development Benoit Simon and Jean-Pierre Sivignon 13. The Quality of Impact Assessment in Slovakia Katarna Staroov 14. Challenges of Regulating Integrated Impact Assessment: The Case of Slovenia Mojca Golobic and Franc Zakrajek 15. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Assessment in the Netherlands Geert P.J. Draaijers and Rob Verheem 16. Exploring the Feasibility of Sustainability Impact Assessment Procedures for Federal Policies in Belgium Tom Bauler, Marco Wktare and Alessandro Bonifazi Index